11 October 2006

Ponce Inlet Homeschool Day!

Today Karen & I took our students to Homeschool Day at Ponce Inlet. We spent the morning at the Lighthouse, which happens to be the tallest lighthouse in Florida and the second-tallest in the nation. We learned how children who lived at the lighthouse in the 1800s spent their time (making nature jewelry, playing Tiddlywinks, and following animal tracks). The kids went on an archaeological dig, listened to stories told by an actual lighthouse keeper's wife from the 1800s (seriously!), and climbed the 203 steps to the top of the lighthouse.

**Trivia: Anyone know THE tallest lighthouse in the USA?








4 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, how'd the lady from the 1800's look?

Connie said...

Oh, man! Wish I had been there -- really sounds neat. Just the kind of stuff I love -- history and how people lived in different times. Cool.

Glad the Willmeister had fun also. Cute shirt.

And thank goodness Andrew remembered to bring the cow!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm going to guess that the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in America.

thedollymama said...

You got it!